Monthly Archives: November 2011

Pardon my lack of writing–I’ve been in Poland, which, surprisingly, seems to have a burgeoning bike culture! I’m hoping to write about it for real soon, with pictures. But in the meantime, I’m back in Portland, where the weather gods have had the decency to keep it from raining on …

The Springwater Corridor, along the east side of the Willamette River, is one of the major human-powered superhighways in Portland–every day it’s full of bike commuters, joggers, walkers, birdwatchers, joyriders, you name it. But on the other side of the river, there’s also a lovely multi-use path which is sometimes …

Even though I’ve been affiliated with the Community Cycling Center for almost two years now, until last night I’d never been to one of their drop-in volunteer nights. Every Tuesday, from 7-9:30pm, they welcome volunteer mechanics who work to refurbish donated kids’ bikes. Those bikes are then used for the …